There's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones,
I had a premonition that I should not go alone,
I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill,
everything exploded and the blood began to spill.
So baby, here's your ticket, put this suitcase in your hand,
Here's a little money, now do it just the way we planned,
You be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty grand.
I'm sorry it went down like this, someone had to lose,
It's the nature of the business it's the smugglers' blues.
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The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law,
the pay-offs, and the rip-offs, and the things nobody saw,
No matter if it's heroin, or cocaine or hash,
You've got to carry weapons 'cause you allways carry cash.
There's lots of shady characters, lots dirty deals,
every name's an alias in case somebody squeels,
it's the allure of easy money that's got a very strong appeal.
Perhaps you'd understand it better, standing in my shoes,
It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smugglers' blues.
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You see it in the headlines, you hear it everyday,
They say they're gonna stop it, but it does not go away,
They move it through Miami, they sell it in L.A.
They hide it up, I'll tell ya right, I mean it's here to stay.
Departments of the govenment in Columbia and Peru,
You ask any D.A. man they'll tell ya there's nothing they can do,
From the office of the President right down to me and you, me and you.
Well it's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse,
It's the politics of contraban, it's the smugglers blues.
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